It's a secret. It's warm and there's a beach. You're all welcome to join, but you're not allowed to tell anyone where you are. The kids might find us then.

I was talking to my mom tonight about the night I've had and she said that I'll tell my kids not to have kids, but they will anyway. Then they'll call me complaining about their behavior. I said, "That's assuming they know how to find me." Duh. Like I'm going to let them know. Bwahahahaha!

I was just having a really bad day before the kids started. Normally, I can vent here, get it out and it's over with and I'm ok then. I just hit my limit today, you know? I keep lifting and try to relax my eyebrows, but they go right back down into that 'talk to me and die' look.

On the general board recently I stated that I can't remember the last time I yelled at difficult child. Well, 6pm 11/12/07. Then easy child at 8:15 pm 11/12/07. It was by the grace of God that I didn't self-combust during the 2 hours in between. Or since.

Heather, we used to call it the "lions circling the water hole" syndrome.

My difficult child used to lead the kids in circling around whichever of us was ill or weak in one way or another. Then the attack was just as grizzly as the nature videos of lions eating the weak antelopes.

So sorry you had a bad day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

I have a cure for when YOUR mom has a smart a&& answer like that - send the kid/kids to LIVE with her!

It has done WONDERS for husband and I!!!! (Ok, we really did this, but not because the Gparents had wisea&& answers for things. For real and reasonable answers - not safe to have him here with his sibs!)

Me too Heather! No kids! None! I'll be one of those people who gives other people's kids tons of candy just to watch them bounce off walls, and then claim it is because I don't know any better.

And like Pam, no men either. I actually got a call yesterday from Bill, the last guy I dated. We dated for about 6 months until his WIFE (who he forgot to mention he had) called me up and read me the riot act. I had not talked to him in a year. Yesterday he calls me up (still very married), out of the blue, to see if I'd like to "hook up" again.

Heather,
husband and I always say that being married was work but it was a breeze compared to child rearing. 13 yr olds should be banished to a deserted island until 15 or common sense prevails.
Even easy child woke up in his 13th birthday growling.

Well, it is a better day if only because I'm almost a zombie. I've been up 30-some hours. The pain medication barely works and keeps me awake. Whoever heard of a pain made keeping you awake?!! Isn't that just the most stupid thing?!

Actually, it's been a while since I lost it with my kids...and I really didn't lose it, just got loud...and they are walking the line today. They're being polite and respectful. I think aliens took over their bodies while they slept.

If you haven't seen "Kevin's guide to being a teenager" you should. It's hilarious, but most comedy that's close to real life is. I found this link to it on Myspacetv. When my difficult child is being a typical teen, I call him Kevin and he gets it right away.

Just edited to add, this clip only goes up to rule 3, 9 minutes of a 50 minute show. If you get a chance to see the whole thing you should. I think my difficult child saw a few things of himself in it too, don't know if it made him act any different, but when I do call him Kevin when he first starts getting an attitude, he usually laughs and stops what he's about to do. LOL

Perhaps I will just go the whole re-incarnation route, and come back as a giraffe, or some other docile peaceful creature, who worries about nothing, and simply grazes and meanders through life.
A sterile giraffe might I add
Even giraff-letes sound like too much work today, and with my luck, I would have difficult child giraff-letes!

Sigh.......it's been a long week for me too Heather. And yes pain pills make me beyond hyper! It is like drinking a case of cokes. Bad, bad, bad.